COVID-19 is Making Us Lonelier: Is There a Way Out?

<p>Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. faces another health crisis – one of loneliness. Between lockdowns, social distancing, and the fear that contact with others could make us sick, many people are living in isolation.</p> <p>But there are ways to cope.</p> <p>On this episode of <em>The Dose</em> podcast, Matthew Pantell and Laura Shields-Zeeman, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, talk about how innovative programs from around the world could help mitigate the effects of isolation.</p>